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n. A projecting part of a fortification.

n. A well-fortified position.

n. One that is considered similar to a defensive stronghold: You are a bastion of strength. See Synonyms at bulwark.

n. a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

n. a well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel

n. a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle

n. A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See ravelin.

n. In fortification, a mass of earth, faced with sods, brick, or stones, standing out from a rampart, of which it is a principal part.

n. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

n. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

n. a group that defends a principle

"He has decried what he characterized as a bastion of lobbyists for seeking special carve outs to limit the effect of proposed financial regulation."

fortification    munition    defense force    defense    defence    defence force   

detached bastion    center of a bastion   

bastille    bastioned   

ravelin   

Sebastian   

rampart    bulwark    battlements    palisade    fortification    buttress    citadel    stronghold    parapet    pinnacle